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About Therapeutic Guidelines
Getting to know your drugs
Analgesic
Antibiotic
Cardiovascular
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine
Endocrinology
Gastrointestinal
Neurology
Oral and Dental
Palliative Care
Psychotropic
Respiratory
Rheumatology
Developmental Disability
Contributors
Preface
Overview of developmental disability care
Common presentations
How to communicate with your patient who has developmental disability
Methods of communication
Informing parents of their child’s disability
Assessment of developmental delay and disability
Management of a child with developmental disability
Management of an adolescent with developmental disability
Adult health care
Aged care
Preventive health care and health promotion
Challenging behaviour
Medication and challenging behaviour
Assessment of psychiatric disorders
Management of psychiatric disorders
Epilepsy
Nutritional disorders
Dysphagia
Oral health
Sexuality
Women’s health
Men’s health
Advocacy
Legal issues–consent and guardianship
Down syndrome
Cerebral palsy
Introduction
Aetiology
Classification
Presentation and diagnosis
Management
Management of associated health problems
Health issues related to ageing
Referrals
Support for the individual and family
Further reading
Autism spectrum disorders (pervasive developmental disorders)
Fragile X syndrome
Prader-Willi syndrome
Tuberous sclerosis
Rett syndrome
Williams syndrome
Angelman syndrome
Noonan syndrome
Neurofibromatosis type 1
Fetal alcohol syndrome
Resources
Associations for specific syndromes
Glossary
List of tables, boxes and figures
Key references
Drug use in pregnancy and breastfeeding
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